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The morality of ending war short of 'total victory'

By David C. Hendrickson on Dec 05, 2023 12:05 am
Featured Image United States policy toward Israel’s war in Gaza was neatly summarized by Secretary of State Antony Blinken on November 30: “Israel has one of the most sophisticated militaries in the world. It is capable of neutralizing the threat posed by Hamas while minimizing harm to innocent civilians. And it has an obligation to do so.”
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Do venture capitalists want forever war?

By Stavroula Pabst on Dec 05, 2023 12:05 am
Featured Image As conflicts ignite around the world, dragging on in Ukraine while sparking off in the Middle East, venture capital is banking on defense.
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Pentagon can't account for 63% of nearly $4 trillion in assets

By Julia Gledhill on Dec 04, 2023 12:05 am
Featured Image The Pentagon failed its sixth audit in a row last month.
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Did the West deliberately prolong the Ukraine war?

By Branko Marcetic on Dec 04, 2023 12:02 am
Featured Image It’s becoming increasingly difficult to deny the war in Ukraine could have been ended mere months into the Russian invasion — and that the U.S. and U.K. governments worked to prevent this from happening.
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Symposium: Peace or destruction — what was Kissinger's impact?

By Responsible Statecraft on Dec 01, 2023 12:05 am
Featured Image It speaks volumes that the death of Henry Kissinger, announced on Wednesday, drew major news obituaries that rivaled those of late American presidents' in length and depth. The news was met with equal parts of vitriol and paeans across social media, the former reflected in words like "war criminal" and "monster," the latter, "genius" and "master."
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Pentagon enlists Politico to amplify funding woes claim

By Ben Armbruster on Nov 29, 2023 12:25 pm
Featured Image If you have been paying even the tiniest bit of attention to the ins and outs of the Pentagon budget for the past two decades-plus, you would know that the Defense Department isn’t hurting financially. In fact, Congress has given the Pentagon so much money that it can’t even account for most of it.
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